Department Details

To see publicly available course and program-level student outcomes
for a particular department, follow the links on the right-hand
menu.

Department SLO Coordinators/Chairs:

“Within institutional effectiveness, departments (academic and
nonacademic) are free to stretch themselves to the limit and to
attempt innovative approaches to provide services without fear of
failure. Within institutional effectiveness, departments are not held
accountable for failure or success, only for having in place a process
for stating outcomes, measuring accomplishments, and using the results
to improve programming.” -- James Nichols, 2008 (reference)

Allows us to share best practices – By providing publicly available
examples, departments can learn from each other, and the entire
process can more easily be refined and improved.

Facilitates tracking of progress and planning for the future
– Also, public reviews of progress can inspire others, and public
statement of plans makes it more likely we’ll follow through.

Eases use of college-reporting forms – The college will be
gathering information on a regular basis about outcomes progress and
program review. The website is a good place to gather and store this
information, so that it can be input and updated quickly without
reinventing/regathering.

Showcases, publicly, your efforts – Your web page is your
publicly description of how your department is assessing SLOs. You
can showcase your own department highlights and share them
easily.

What do we put on department assessment web pages?

For college-wide reporting: assessment stage status and
timelines for moving to next stage for all courses and programs (in
table on first page)

For meeting accreditation
requirements: SLOs for all courses and programs

Program
Review documents

Documents or web pages that are updated
each semester and that describe a department's outcomes assessment
process (Generic
Example)